Peter's Life Before Jesus Analysis

Peter’s life before Jesus was filled with earthly temptations and desires. Peter was known to be impulsive and sometimes doubtful. These characteristics affected Peter during his time before and during his time with Jesus. Before Peter became an apostle, he was a fisherman. Back then, being a fisherman was a physically demanding job and was not for the weak. I mean James and John were fishermen and they were referred to as the Sons of Thunder. The reason that I say this is to imply that Peter was most likely a vile person and not someone you would want to be around. However, Jesus chose him rather than another less worldly person. Jesus called Peter and his brother to follow Him and they both immediately dropped everything they had and followed …show more content…
Like Peter, I would say that I am an impulsive person to an extent. Sometimes I will do something and a few seconds later I will question why I did it. Although I am still impulsive, I am becoming less and less as time goes on. Peter was a doubtful person and sometimes he trusted himself more than God. I do this especially when something big happens. Like if I take a test, I focus on myself entirely and do not really rely on God. Another example would be when I make decisions, sometimes I only think about the consequences that would affect me only. Like Peter, when God talks to me sometimes I disagree with God’s answer and I will try something else and suffer the consequences. This would be like in Matthew 26:51, Jesus wanted to go arrested peacefully, but Peter intervened. Although I suffer from all of these sinful habits, I still have faith in …show more content…
Like Peter did, I have trouble becoming a true disciple of God. I believe that Peter discovered how to become a true disciple and that was to build a strong relationship with God. Although I have a relationship with God, I do not know how I would respond to someone threatening my life for my beliefs. I believe that I will reach that point where I can be sure that my answer would be to defend my faith. Risking your life for something that you believe in is like an ultimate sacrifice. If we want to become true followers of God, we need to have this type of commitment. The salvation that God offers is not something that we can just “accept”. True salvation is costly because we need to accept it and change our lives to live according with it. God needs to be at the forefront of our lives. In Luke 14:26, Jesus says that in order to be a true disciple we need to hate our families. Jesus was not telling to hate our families, but to love Him more than our families. These are sacrifices that we need to make in order to be true disciples. Unfortunately for a few of them, I’m not sure if I am living in accordance with them. I don’t think that I “hate” my family and, again, I’m not sure if I would die for my faith. Before this school year and even now sometimes, I would probably classify myself as a follower of cheap grace. I was not making the necessary changes to have true salvation and I was not a disciple of God. After realizing the direction